CVE-2021-24471 (GCVE-0-2021-24471)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-16 10:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI?
Title
YouTube Embed < 5.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The YouTube Embed WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 does not validate, escape or sanitise some of its shortcode attributes, leading to Stored XSS issues by 1. using w, h, controls, cc_lang, color, language, start, stop, or style parameter of youtube shortcode, 2. by using style, class, rel, target, width, height, or alt parameter of youtube_thumb shortcode, or 3. by embedding a video whose title or description contains XSS payload (if API key is configured).
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown YouTube Embed Affected: 5.2.2 , < 5.2.2 (custom)
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apple502j
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